Who are you? Who am I? Sometimes, our perspective on the topic of identity can get a little distorted. There are several titles I could use to describe myself, so I might respond to this question with at least one …
Tag: Grace
On Ministry, Kingdom Building, and Grace
Perhaps the biggest personal frustrations in what we refer to as ministry—whether that be the ministry of marriage, or family, or missions, or church-planting, or teaching, or lay ministry—come as the natural results of our own striving selves. So easily …
The Girl Who Complained About Snow
Five years ago today. I look at this old picture and I see so many things. I see a guy who has always been willing to do anything for anyone, and never complains about it. I see a lot of …
Reflecting on 2018 “52 Weeks of Stillness”
In many ways, the year has flown by, and in others, it seemed quite long. Can anyone else relate? I focused on “Stillness” this year, and it was a year of quiet, healing, introspection, reading, study, and rest. (Except when …
God Is Good
There are moments when heartaches like sea billows roll. In the waves, God is good. There are days when physical pain is too much to handle, and tears of weakness fall. In the pain, God is good. There are times …
Night Songs
{This is a repost of a post I wrote for the Encouragement From Women Who’ve Been There Facebook Page} Psalm 77 “I cried unto God with my voice…In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran …
You Are Loved
On a day when many will wake up feeling especially loved, when many will wake up feeling especially lonely, and when many will wake up just the same as any other day in February—there is, you might say, a Valentine …
Hush, This Isn’t Your Battle
Lately, it seems like everyone is fighting or arguing or puffing themselves up towards each other—uncannily similar to my neighbor’s roosters that endlessly wander into my front yard, bickering and squawking and flapping their wings at each other over bugs, …
What I’m Reading Wednesday – Parenting by Paul David Tripp
The book Parenting: 14 Gospel Principles That Can Radically Change Your Family is one of the best books on the subject that I have ever read. In fact, I have to admit I procrastinated a little bit with writing about it, because …
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The Dirty Truth of Missions
By dirty I mean dirt. And mud. And stinky smells. So much of it! Everywhere! In my house. On my floors. All over my children. I have never faced so much dirt on a daily basis or at such an extreme …
